ALBUM NUVOLA WON 3 PORIN AWARDS
Tamara Obrovac quartet won 3 Porin croatian national music awards in all 3 jazz categories
EXTENDED INTERVIEW FOR THE ITALIAN MUSICA JAZZ
The interwiew with Alceste Ayroldi for Italian Jazz Magazine Musica Jazz
NEW PROJECT - APOXYOMENOS RECOMPOSED
Tamara and pianist Stefano Battaglia in new musical story in Ancient Greek, based on the pieces which Tamara composed for the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb's ballet Apoksiomen in 2017.
NEW CD NUVOLA
New album "Nuvola" Tamara Obrovac quartet - release date 29.03.2023, - Cantus / Croatian Composers Society / Alessa Records - won 3 Porin - Croatian music award
TAMARA OBROVAC & MATIJA DEBELJUH: “SYNAPSES”
A new audiovisual work commissioned by Klanghaus Untergreith & IKLECTIK London is included in the program of the New York Experimental Intermedia Festival
OBROVAC ²
New audiovisual project - meeting of two arts - music and painting in the artistic work of daughter and father - Tamara and Ivan Obrovac
TRANSHISTRIA RECONSTRUCTED
The concert entitled “Transhistria reconstructed” was held on 06.09.2021 at 19.30 on the bastion of the Kaštel fortress in Pula, where the Transhistria ensemble performed fully reunited in front of a live audience and complete, with its broadcast online, the livestream series entitled “Transhistria deconstructed” broadcasted during ...
TRANSHISTRIA DECONSTRUCTED vol. 4
The fourth and last concert from the livestream series of duets was held on 13.06. from a fantastic location by the sea.
TRANSHISTRIA DECONSTRUCTED vol. 3
The third of four concerts from the livestream series of duets entitled “Tamara Obrovac Transhistria deconstructed” the duet with Krunoslav Levačić on drums, was held infront of the beautiful fortress Possert on 24.04.2021.
NEW ALBUM VILLA IDOLA
New album - collaboration of the Transhistria ensemble with the Jazz orchestra of the Croatian National Radio Television
MUSIC FOR THE MOVIE "ONCE WERE HUMANS"
Tamara finished score for the new feature film directed by Goran Vojnović
TRANSHISTRIA DECONSTRUCTED vol. 2
The second of four concerts from the livestream series of duets entitled “Tamara Obrovac Transhistria deconstructed” a duet between Tamara Obrovac and Žiga Golob on double bass, was held on Sunday, 7 March 2021 at 17:00 hours on the picturesque Renaissance square in Svetvinčenat.
TRANSHISTRIA DECONSTRUCTED VOL. 1
So that the concert activity would not completely die out in these strange and uncertain times, we have prepared a series of four live stream concerts.The first of four concerts of duets entitled "Tamara Obrovac Transhistria deconstructed" the duet of Tamara Obrovac and Fausto Beccalossi on accordion was held ...
NEW CD TRANSADRIATICUM - TAMARA OBROVAC TRANSADRIATIC QUARTET
New CD “TransAdriaticum” Tamara Obrovac TransAdriatic Quartet - release date 10.06.2019. - Alessa Records
NEW LIVE ALBUM OF TAMARA OBROVAC TRANSHISTRIA ENSEMBLE
Tamara's first double live album "Live @ ZKM" recorded live at the Zagreb Youth Theater is released
CONCERT AND ALBUM RECORDING WITH CROATIAN RADIOTELEVISION JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Transhistria ensemble and Croatian Radiotelevision Jazz Orchestra held a concert and recorded material for an album
TAMARA OBROVAC QUARTET PERFORMING ON 14.02.2018. AT ISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE
Tamara Obrovac quartet, one of Tamara’s oldest musical formations, will preform as part of their traditional annual concert at Istrian National Theatre
BALLET APOXYOMENOS PREMIERED AT CROATIAN NATIONAL THEATRE
On Friday, the 13th of October 2017, the ballet performance Apoxyomenos premiered at the Croatian National Theatre, choreographed by Claudio Bernard, for which Tamara composed the music.
TAMARA OBROVAC TRANSADRIATIC QUARTET - NEW PROJECT!
Tamara Obrovac / voice, composer
Stefano Battaglia/ piano
Salvatore Maiore / double bass
Krunoslav Levačić / drums
JUBILEE CONCERT OF TRANSHISTRIA ENSEMBLE IN ZKM, 26.11.2016.
Transhistria ensemble preformed in front of a packed hall of Zagreb Youth Theatre, in a concert which marked 20 years of Tamara’s discographic career. The concert was recorded, and the video will be released by Cantus.
PREMIERE OF THE PERFORMANCE "OUR CLASS", CHAMBER THEARE SARAJEVO 12.11.2015.
Tamara composed music for the performance Our Class, directed by Dino Mustafić, based on a true event from World War II and written by Tadeusz Slobodzianek
PREMIERE OF PERFORMANCE "MAČKODLAK" AT SPLIT CITY PUPPET THEATRE
At Split’s Puppet Theatre Tamara composed the music for a children's play Mačkodlak directed by Ivan Plazibat and written by Olja Savičević
NEW CD "CANTO AMOROSO"
NEW CD "Canto amoroso" Tamara Obrovac Transhistria ensemble
limited Croatian edition / available at concerts only
CHAMBER JAZZ PROJECT
Tamara's new "Chamber Jazz Project" on Valentines day 14.02.2015. in Istrian National Theater Pula
LATEST ALBUM "ULIKA REVIVAL"
With the release of CD ULIKA (named after Tamara's grandmother), in 1998, Tamara Obrovac Quartet presented for the first time Tamara's new way of thinking and composing which combines inspiration by the local Istrian music and dialect with the universal jazz expression.
The reunion of the quartet (summer ...
TRANSMEDITERRANEAN ENSEMBLE
Tamara's new "TransMediterranean ensemble" takes you to another cross cultural contemporary jazz journey...
TAMARA OBROVAC QUARTET ON JAZZAHEAD BREMEN!
A great showcase concert of Tamara Obrovac quartet at Jazzahead Bremen - European Jazz Night
TRANSHISTRIA ENSEMBLE NEW ALBUM
Tamara and Transhistria ensemble presented their new material "Canto amoroso" at a series of concerts in February 2013. Last concert was 14.2. at Pula National theater!
TAMARA WAS A GUEST MUSICIAN ON TRT TÜRK
Tamara as a guest musician on TV show "Müzigin Diliyle" ("With The Language Of Music") at TRT TÜRK (Turkish National Radio Television), in Istanbul...
FILM NIGHT BOATS PREMIERE ZAGREB 12.03.12
Premiere of the film Night boats, directed by Igor Mirković, for which Tamara composed music at Multiplex cinema Zagreb 12.03.2012.
"ULIKA" REVIVAL PROJECT
Tamara Obrovac quartet, band reunion 15 years after, and re-interpretation of old compositions from a new, more mature artistic prospective...
NEW VIDEO!
New video will be on the site soon...monday afternoon, director Matija Debeljuh was shooting in Istrian National theater new video for Tamara's song "Dube sanjan / Daydreaming", from upcoming album Madirosa.
TAMARA RECEIVED TWO "PORIN" AWARDS
Tamara received two Porin awards (annual Croatian national music award), both for her latest album Madirosa!
LATEST CD MADIROSA
Tamara Obrovac "MADIROSA"
transhistria ensemble / époque string quartet
jazz, ethnic, classical... unique musical journey…
ISTRARMENIA ENSEMBLE
New collaboration/project:
Tamara Obrovac & Karen Asatrian IstrArmenia ensemble
Croatian singer and armenian piano player together in new project, meeting point of Armenian and Istrian spirit...
SPAIN, MINI TOUR OCTOBER 2010.
TAMARA OBROVAC transhistria ensemble, mini tour, Spain, Barcelona / Alicante, 15/16.10.2010
NEW SONG / VIDEO WITHIN THE MULTIMEDIA PROJECT PANPHONIA ISTRIANA/ISTRIAN POLYSOUNDS
...listen the sound of this extraordinary archaic dialect!
FILM PIRAN PIRANO
The film Piran Pirano for which Tamara wrote music, is finished...
LAUNCHING VALAMAR JAZZ FESTIVAL
Tamara is the artistic director of the new jazz festival, VALAMARJAZZ, which will have its first edition in June 2010 in Poreč.
The sponsors of the festival are Riviera Poreč and Valamar Group.
ALBUM "I WON'T SING JAZZ ANY MORE" GOT ”PORIN” AWARD
15.05.2010 Tamara & electricians awarded for album "I won't sing jazz any more" ...
ISTRAIRSKA ENSEMBLE
new band/concert
TAMARA OBROVAC & IstraIrska ensemble
Concert INK (Istrian National Theatre) Pula 14.02.2010. 20h
TAMARA IS A GUEST PERFORMER ON THE ALBUM OF BAND POPEYE
Tamara is a guest performer on the album of the Popeye band, in the song entitled “Delaj delaj” which is also the single announcing the new album. She performs the rapper mummy… with curlers in her hair…:-)
TAMARA AND RAMBO - CONCERT IN BOOGALOO
Tamara and Rambo (Amadeus) had a successful concert at the packed Boogaloo Club in Zagreb…
Both bands played like crazy, there was some funk, jazz, turbo-folk, ethno and other both musical and non-musical genres and styles… and Rambo and Tamara made some new hits on the spot…
PANPHONIA ISTRIANA VOL2 - WORK IN PROGRESS
Presently working on second multi-media DVD within PANPHONIA ISTRIANA project, recording at Žejane and Šušnjevica.
GOLDEN SEAGULL AWARD 01.09.2009
Golden Seagull Award for the best remake of Runjić’s song “A vitar puše” was given to Tamara Obrovac and Matija Dedić at the 5th Runjić’s Evenings Festival.
TAMARA PERFORMED AT ALBUM PROMOTION OF BAND POPEYE
Tamara performed at the promotion of the new album of the Popeye band at Uljanik Club in Pula, in a rather interesting stage appearance… with an apron and a ladle…
RECORDED THE VIDEO FOR THE SONG “TURBO FUNK”
Recorded the video for the song "Turbo Funk", from new album "I won't sing jazz any more" in collaboration with Rambo Amadeus, (parody on turbo-folk, a popular music sub-genre, that originated in Serbia, Balkans, during early 1990s, combining elements of folk music with modern pop/rock/techno genres), often ...
"I WON'T SING JAZZ ANYMORE" ALBUM RELEASED
The new CD, „I won't sing jazz any more“, Aquarius Records... we've plugged in... Tamara and her electric Transhistria band play Istrian soul and funky FEATURING the special guest-star, turbo tzar RAMBO AMADEUS on Turbofunk...
PROMOTION OF MULTIMEDIA ALBUM PANPHONIA ISTRIANA
The singer has broadened her horizons onto multimedia and together with Matija Debeljuh, director and video artist, she promoted the first multimedia DVD dedicated to Istro-Roman dialect with the multimedia play PANtheatron on January 21 at INK Theater. This DVD is a part of the years-long project of revitalization of ...
"I WON'T SING JAZZ ANYMORE" ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT
I've been away for a while, haven't had the time to let you know what I've been doing, I'm looking for a secretary... there, the electric album is almost finished, will be published by Aquarius Records, the single „I won't sing jazz any more“ is ...
TAMARA OBROVAC TRANSHISTRIA ENSEMBLE & EPOQUE STRING QUARTET
Except the electric version, your favorite singer is preparing a new acoustic surprise... it is the cooperation of Transhistria Ensemble with the Czech string quartet EPOQUE. The new material is ready and it includes jazz, Mediterranean ethno and classical music. Istrian preview of the project will be held on February ...
CONCERT AND SINGLE "I WON'T SING JAZZ ANYMORE"
Your favorite singer has gone electric and already performed at several concerts (at Novigrad Music Nights Festival and at the opening of Motovun Film Festival for example) and released the single with the song „I won't sing jazz any more“... believe me, there was some serious Istrian funk and ...
TAMARA WINS AWARD FOR BEST THEATRE MUSIC
At the VI. Festival of Bosnian Drama, held in Zenica in 2007, Tamara Obrovac received the award for the best stage music for the original music in the production entintled „The Embraced“, written by Miodrag Žalica, directed by Robert Raponja and performed by Sarajevo War Theatre SARTR. http://www.bnp ...
NEW AWARD FOR THE BEST THEATRE MUSIC
23rd National theatre festival in BiH brought for Tamara Obrovac another award: for the best music in play "Them embraced...". Script written by Miodrag Žalica, directed by Robert Raponja, in production of SARTR theatre, Sarajevo War Theatre.
"TUCA’ LA LOUNA" ON PUTUMAYO WORLD MUSIC COMPILATION
Women of the World: Acoustic - Tamara Obrovac among world’s leading female artists
“Tuca' La Louna” (Touch the Moon), the song from one of Tamara's latest CD's "Is Faraway…" is released on Putumayo World Music's new compilation called Women of the World: Acoustic. The album is an ...
GOLDEN ARENA AWARD FOR BEST FILM MUSIC
Hoooray, THE SINGING LADY HAS WON THE GOLDEN ARENA AWARD FOR MUSIC FROM THE MOVIE “WHAT IS A MAN WITHOUT MOUSTACHE", HE, HE, HE…nothing can stop us now… victory 1:0, at home. :) Festival is taking place in my hometown, Pula in beautiful Roman arena.
WORKING ON 2 SUMMER FESTIVALS
My dear fellows, the singing lady has "worked off" two new festivals this summer:
NOVIGRAD CITTANOVA MUSIC NIGHTS July 14th and 15th, and first ROVINJ WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL July 21st and 22nd. There was a lot of good music there, and two very different festivals… From glorious Los Van Van ...
ČRNI KOS ALBUM PROMOTION
With two new concerts, on 29th of May in Eisenstadt and 30th of May in Vienna, Transhistria promoted another new CD.
As was already mentioned, we worked on the project in Eisenstadt, or as we say Zelezni, in Austria, treating some folk songs from Gradišće, interpreting them in artistic way ...
TRANSHISTRIA PLAYS IN USA!
Tamara's cultural potential was recognised by the artistic management of the most eminent American jazz clubs: Joe’s Pub in New York hosts artists such as Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Bebel Gilbert, Alicia Keys and David Grey, and Hot House in Chicago is an unavoidable intersection of the World ...
3 PORIN AWARDS FOR TAMARA
At this year’s Porin ceremony, 13th ceremony of discography awards” Porin 2006”, Tamara Obrovac received 3 Porin awards:
- for the best female vocal performance, with the song “Is faraway… tarantella" from her new album “Is Faraway…”
- for the best album of ethno music, also with her new album “Is ...
THE AWARD "GOLDEN KOOGLA" FOR BEST FEMALE VOCAL OF 2005.
One festival, four days, 30 musicians, 40 000 votes and only one LADY-MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR! Tamara Obrovac won the award of The best Croatian female musician of 2005 at the festival Golden koogla 2006, which took place from March 30th until April 2nd in Zagreb. Awarded prize was for ...
